Power Delivery Diagnostic Center fact sheet

FPL.com
Power Delivery Diagnostic Center
Florida Power & Light Company is building a stronger and smarter grid to provide electricity
you can count on in good weather and bad. We are using advanced technology to monitor
and manage the electric system, detect and prevent issues before they happen, and get life
back to normal faster when outages do occur.
FPL leverages smart grid technology and predictive analytics to deliver
real-time data to engineers in the diagnostic center. FPL engineers
analyze the data to measure and improve the health and performance of
the grid and deliver better, more efficient electric service to customers.
Customer benefits from technology enhancements
»» Improved overall service reliability
»» Reduction in the number and length of outages
»» Enhanced detection and prevention of outages
»» Faster repairs and more accurate time estimates for restoration
»» Reduced operating costs and increased efficiencies - helping keep
bills low
»» Fast response during high-profile events (i.e. business, political,
sport, entertainment)
Operational details
»» Operates 365/24/7
»» Delivers automated restoration
alerts
»» Receives data from more than
500,000 monitored telemetry points
»» Leverages more than 11,000
connected devices helping enable
the self-healing capabilities of the
electric system
»» Interacts with electrical equipment
across 27 states to help maintain
the overall health of the nation’s
electric grid
Power Delivery Infrastructure Facts
Distribution power lines
(overhead and underground)
Transmission
power lines
Power plant
Substation
4.7 million
74,000 miles
customers
27,000
square miles
of service territory
590
transmission
and distribution
substations
of overhead and
underground power lines
1.2 million
poles
885,000
transformers
33180